Who We Are

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The Heathkit shop is a one man, running out of the basement shack that's trying to keep some of the vintage grear up and running.

There is no shipping department, no president or CEO. It's me! And I'm Mike, WB8VGE.

I was licensed in 1975 and currently holds an Amateur Extra class license. I retired after nearly 50 years at Republic Steel. You will find me running QRP on the low end of 40 meters on any given night When the bands fold I'll  be up to his elbows working on a broken radio. What spare time I have is divided between keeping the water levels topped up in the batteries for my solar power station and working in my greenhouse. I am the author of numerous ham radio and solar power articles over the years. I am  the author of the ARRL book, Emergency Power for Radio Communications.

You can contact me via email at:

heathkitshop@ me dot com

Due to the amount of spam that comes in via the phone, if you want to discuss a issue or assembly problem, email me first.

All the kits I offer come with a 90 day warranty against bad components. If you ordered a kit and find that's it too much for you, you have 30 days to send it back for a refund MINUS shipping charges.